Creating Adventures from Thin Air – Daily Quote

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A red-tailed hawk visits my house. I often notice him soaring overhead on cloudless afternoons. I admired him as he catches air currents and drifts in slow circles. One day I arrived home to find him resting on my garage roof.  I stepped from my car and we regarded each other for a long time.

He has perched on the gas grill on the patio, in the maple tree outside my window and the white fence post on the property line. Other days he does a fly-by, swooping past my windows to let me know he is watching. He is a serious fellow, but I enjoy our talks. Our discussions are not lengthy, but nothing interrupts them. He occupies my undivided attention.

Writing is like speaking with the hawk. It consumes my thoughts. It demands focus and concentration, the ability to see the adventure as it stretches to the horizon and each word that leads the reader down the chosen path. On bright afternoons the words slip from my mind, flowing through my fingers and onto the page. The story twists, turning in novel directions it sucks me in until it is the only thing that matters. These are my favorite times.

Where do you discover your inspiration?

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

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12 thoughts on “Creating Adventures from Thin Air – Daily Quote”

  3. Cool, having a hawk for a friend.
    As for my inspiration . . .
    Just about anything can spark a thought. I follow the thought to see where it might go. Sometimes it leads to a dead end. Sometimes it drifts away only to come back to inspire a new path. The best times are when a thought hangs around long enough to become a story.

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